Nurse Urquhart poses for the camera with seven young patients who have travelled on horseback to visit her dental clinic at Te Araroa, a small township on the East Coast of the North Island. Te Araroa was the birthplace of Sir Apirana Ngata, the Māori leader who made a major contribution to improving the welfare of Māori. Children from small rural schools travelled long distances to dental clinics. Nurses sometimes visited their schools, but they needed the equipment in the clinics of larger schools if teeth were to be filled or extracted.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, R. M. S. Taylor Collection
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1/2-106538-F
Photograph by Richard Taylor
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